General Horta Nta Na Man is named the head of a one-year transitional government after President Embalo was detained.

France currently has around 200,000 military personnel and a further 47,000 reservists. The new scheme should usher in a ...

Military officers in Guinea-Bissau declared "total control" of the coup-prone west African country Wednesday, closing its borders and suspending its electoral process three days after general ...

Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo told FRANCE 24 on Wednesday that he was deposed after military officers ...

A group of army officers in Guinea Bissau said on Wednesday that they had taken “total control” of the country, declaring the ...

Yet even as ESA leaders push for unity, officials from those countries have hinted that their backing is driven by sharply different national priorities. Germany, for example, wants to maintain ...